High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-48991
CVE-2024-48991
Description
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by winning a race condition and tricking needrestart into running their own, fake Python interpreter (instead of the system's real Python interpreter). The initial security fix (6ce6136) introduced a regression which was subsequently resolved (42af5d3).
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Affected products
2- Range: <3.8
- Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/42af5d328901287a4f79d1f5861ac827a53fd56dnvdPatch
- github.com/liske/needrestart/commit/6ce6136cccc307c6b8a0f8cae12f9a22ac2aad59nvdPatch
- www.qualys.com/2024/11/19/needrestart/needrestart.txtnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/30/4nvdMailing List
- www.cve.org/CVERecordnvdVDB Entry
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/11/19/1nvdMailing List
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/17nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00014.htmlnvd
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